Christian Henson

About Christian Henson

Who is it?: Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
Birth Day: March 10, 1986
Birth Place:  London, England, United Kingdom
Birth Sign: Capricorn
Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight: 228 lb (103 kg; 16 st 4 lb)
Position: Center
Shot: Right
Played for: Toronto Maple Leafs
National team: United States
NHL Draft: Undrafted
Playing career: 2009–2016

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Christian Henson was born on March 10, 1986 in  London, England, United Kingdom, is Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack. Christian Henson is a film composers working in the UK. He is responsible for scoring some of most notorious cult films, TV series' and computer games of the last decade. He has earned him multiple awards and award nominations, including the Ivor Novello and Word Soundtrack Awards.Christian was born in London where he trained in classical piano from an early age. He defected to the "darker" arts in his teens completing his musical training on the road, playing and MD'ing for numerous bands and acts around the UK and the world.During this time he set up a recording facility in west London, where he went on to record, play, produce, and program for the likes of: The Freestylers, LTJ Bukem, Roy Ayers, All Saints, MC Conrad, Richard X, Lovestation, Plump DJ's, Jamelia, and Scott Walker.Christian joined Air-Edel in 1997 and quickly found himself programming on a host of films for composers including Anne Dudley, Patrick Doyle, Rupert and Harry Gregson - Williams. Whilst undertaking these apprenticeships he developed a successful career in TV, going on to write music for over 40 prime time television series, both for domestic terrestrial and international markets, alongside a host of commercials.Christian's break in film came after contributing substantial sequences for films including Universal's Spy Game, and Mirimax's Dirty Pretty Things. He has since spent the last three years working as a film composer in his own right.In 2004 the Warner Brothers' film Chasing Liberty, scored by Christian, opened in over 2,000 screens across the U.S. Later in that year, he was nominated in the "Best Newcomer" category at the World Soundtrack Awards for his score on the UGC film Les Fils Du Vent.As of February 2014, Christian is putting the finishing touches to his score for Jon Wright's blockbuster 'Our Robot Overlords' and also to a posthumous collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith for a blockbuster production, which is soon to be announced. He recently completed work on 5 feature-length episodes of Agatha Christie's 'Poirot' for ITV, including the final, critically acclaimed episode, 'Curtain'. In addition, he has scored a third season of multi award-winning, hit series 'Fresh Meat' for Channel 4, and a harrowing new 6-part TV series entitled 'Inside No.9', written by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (of League Of Gentlemen fame), due for TX Q1 2014.Henson's notoriety stems from his having worked on some of the more challenging productions Europe has produced over the last 10 years. From the heart-rending holocaust epic 'La Rafle', one of the biggest French films of recent times, Dexter Fletcher's BAFTA nominated debut 'Wild Bill', and Lee Tamahori's disturbing 'the Devil's Double', to a triptych of insidious horrors and comedies from director Chris Smith with 'Severance', 'Black Death' and 'Triangle'.Having worked on over 45 feature films, Christian has also proved that he is a versatile craftsman with more mainstream and colourful offerings including 'Storage 24', 'Chalet Girl', 'The Secret Of Moonacre', 'Chasing Liberty', as well as the TV series 'Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps', which ran for 9 seasons and 74 episodes.Unhappy with the sounds available to his craft, Christian has exploited his skills as a sound-smith to set up the company "Spitfire Audio", providing tools for composers the world over. The company has developed a cult global following and by giving away some of these tools for free in return for charitable donations, has become one of the biggest single donators to Unicef UK via the JustGiving site.Christian works from his scoring complex in central London, England.
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Biography/Timeline

2009

Hanson made his NHL debut on April 3, 2009 against the Philadelphia Flyers. Four nights later, Hanson scored his first career NHL goal against Martin Brodeur in a 4–1 win over the New Jersey Devils. This goal tied his father's career goal mark as well. On April 10, 2010, Hanson recorded his first short-handed goal and his first multi-goal game versus Montreal.

2010

Hanson played for Planet USA in the 2010 AHL All-Star Game in Portland, Maine.

2011

On 10 July 2011, the Washington Capitals signed Hanson as an unrestricted free agent, and he was assigned to play in the AHL with the Hershey Bears for the 2011–12 AHL season.

2012

On July 9, 2012, Hanson signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Boston Bruins. The contract paid Hanson $600,000 if he played in the NHL and $105,000 while playing with the Bruins’ AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. Hanson spent the entire duration of the 2012–13 season with Providence and contributed 29 points in 67 games.

2013

On August 20, 2013, Hanson agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with the St. Louis Blues. He played with the Blues' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, for the 2013-2014 season.

2017

In a 2017 article for The Players' Tribune, Hanson said that he had retired from professional ice hockey and is working at Sutton Special Risk, a Toronto-based insurance company for which he is Assistant Vice President, Sports.